Hit the ice today with my fishing buddy...
..... a little road trip ...... a new lake ..... good weather ....... good company and good food made for a great day on the hard water. The fish were not too active but at least we didn’t get skunked ... we will stay for the prime time evening bite next trip.
Sunday brunch
My friend with a bit of gold
The Smitty Sled...
I quickly built a Smitty Sled out of scrap wood and a pair of cross-country skis the other day and put it to the test today. I was amazing using a long rope for the sled was about 8 feet behind me I barely knew I was pulling the sled. If you ice fish on foot and plug a sled consider building yourself a collapsible Smitty Sled.
I will be building a better version this week for next weekend.
In the photo of the 2 sleds the smaller sled in the back not siting on a Smitty Sled is about half the size and half the weight of the large loaded sled. But with the smitty sled underneath the larger sled it pulled like a dream, much easier to pull the larger sled than the smaller one.
At least No Skunk on the Ice
At least No Skunk on the Ice
Jim Wilson
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Re: At least No Skunk on the Ice
Good one Jim. I've never used a smitty sled but from what I've read, with regular downhill skis the wider width on them works better in deeper snow if you have an old pair kicking about.
Cheers
Cheers
Smitty
Straight shooter
Straight shooter
Re: At least No Skunk on the Ice
Yep I just picked up a free set of downhill skis the other day, so this week's plan is building version 2.0smitty55 wrote:Good one Jim. I've never used a smitty sled but from what I've read, with regular downhill skis the wider width on them works better in deeper snow if you have an old pair kicking about.
Cheers
Jim Wilson
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Re: At least No Skunk on the Ice
I don't post often, but saw this portion on the smitty sled. I just built one last friday for the weekend and used it saturday. What a difference in pulling. I wish I did it 15 years ago. I cannot stress enough how awesome these things are if you have to walk any distance in 4+ inches of snow. I built mine with scraps of 2x6 and 2x4, downhill skis a buddy gave me, 4 fender washers, 4 eye bolts, 4 threaded rod couplings, and a bunch of screws and 2 rachet straps. Me and a buddy have 2 different widths of cross bars depending on how much gear we're taking.
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Re: At least No Skunk on the Ice
Smitty sled plans are absolutely awesome I think... Thank you for this pics...Bigcvin wrote: ↑Mon Jan 11, 2021 11:20 am I don't post often, but saw this portion on the smitty sled. I just built one last friday for the weekend and used it saturday. What a difference in pulling. I wish I did it 15 years ago. I cannot stress enough how awesome these things are if you have to walk any distance in 4+ inches of snow. I built mine with scraps of 2x6 and 2x4, downhill skis a buddy gave me, 4 fender washers, 4 eye bolts, 4 threaded rod couplings, and a bunch of screws and 2 rachet straps. Me and a buddy have 2 different widths of cross bars depending on how much gear we're taking.